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309 reviews

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment

The One by John Marrs

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was so difficult to rate. It was well paced with well developed characters but overall

the whole thing felt very victim blamey especially when it came to Josie and Walter. Was Josie a bad person? Oh for sure BUT I simply can’t accept that Walter wasn’t a pedophile who was a “good father.” Like sure, he was a good dad but at the end of the day he was a pedophile who married two different very young (teenage) girls. ALSO, Roxy supposedly killed her girlfriend Brooke and just continues to dunk on her mom on the podcast etc? Especially when her mom helped her cover up the murder and just never told anyone?!? Insane behaviour.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Torture, Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

FINALLY a return to form by Foley after her other books. I had enjoyed The Guest List very much but her books never quite captured the same feeling, pacing and characters as that. This did. 

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

For the Last Time: A Novel by Heidi Perks, Heidi Perks

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.

While I definitely enjoy reading from different perspectives than my own (in this case multiple characters who are LGBTQ+ while I am cisgender) I just found the plot very lacking. I didn’t particularly care about any one character and it became cumbersome to read.

Grace Is Gone by Emily Elgar

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25